<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990</id><updated>2011-08-06T04:36:32.224-07:00</updated><category term='Reaction'/><category term='Energy'/><category term='Peridotite Field'/><category term='Picture'/><category term='Outdoor'/><category term='Freedom'/><category term='Zip code'/><category term='Game'/><category term='Gifts'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Freshare'/><category term='War'/><category term='Peridotite'/><category term='Afghanistan'/><category term='Donald Trump'/><category term='Fun'/><category term='Omani Peridotite'/><category term='Building'/><category term='UAE'/><category term='Eco Technology'/><category term='Process'/><category term='That Peridotite'/><category term='Health'/><category term='Mp3'/><category term='Football'/><category term='Iraq'/><category term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>Metamorphosis...</title><subtitle type='html'>"Candy is Dandy, but liquor is quicker." Willy Wonka</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>57</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-8903874665180672332</id><published>2008-11-26T06:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T06:14:58.553-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Outdoor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Omani Peridotite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='That Peridotite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridotite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridotite Field'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reaction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Process'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freshare'/><title type='text'>Using Rocks As CO2 Sponges</title><summary type='text'>Researchers studying peridotite rock in the Middle Eastern country of Oman say the material could be an amazing absorber of carbon dioxide.Peridotite is found in abundance in the Earth's mantle, about 12 miles down and under the Earth's crust. Large chunks of the rock make their way to the surface as the crust moves and shifts. While the scientists making the discovery studied a large field of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/8903874665180672332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=8903874665180672332' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8903874665180672332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8903874665180672332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-rocks-as-co2-sponges.html' title='Using Rocks As CO2 Sponges'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-8319109724211560283</id><published>2008-07-28T03:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T03:28:03.318-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts'/><title type='text'>Halloween Charms</title><summary type='text'>Bats on Moon Italian CharmCrazed Pumpkin Laser CharmDracula Caricature Photo CharmGhost and Bats Italian CharmHappy Halloween Collage Black Laser CharmPrince turned into Frog Laser CharmWicked Witch riding Broom Black Laser CharmWitch Italian CharmBat in blue Sky Italian CharmDemon with Pitchfork Laser CharmGhost Italian CharmPumpkin with Tooth Italian CharmMore Halloween Charms at Italian Charms</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/8319109724211560283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=8319109724211560283' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8319109724211560283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8319109724211560283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2008/07/halloween-charms.html' title='Halloween Charms'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-8477076480388818910</id><published>2008-07-22T02:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T03:24:38.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Passive Solar Home Plans - Slash Your Utility Bill and Help Save the Environment</title><summary type='text'>With electricity and utility bills soaring, and global warming on everybody's conscience, we need to find ways to reduce our power consumption. Passive solar home plans will enable you to build and install your own safe, reliable and fully functional homemade solar panel system that will help you reduce your power bill by a substantial amount. Don't believe what the news says about solar being an</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/8477076480388818910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=8477076480388818910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8477076480388818910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/8477076480388818910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2008/07/passive-solar-home-plans-slash-your.html' title='Passive Solar Home Plans - Slash Your Utility Bill and Help Save the Environment'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-5007978595566851893</id><published>2008-07-20T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T02:28:10.108-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eco Technology'/><title type='text'>Eco Technology - Eco Friendly Products Using Clean Energy to Power the Green Evolution</title><summary type='text'>Eco technology can realize the goals of the revolution to promote a green earth. The Go Green revolution tried to inspire people to save the earth, the trees, and life-sustaining ecologies. Unfortunately, modern societies are so far removed from the earth, the trees and the environment that now the term "green" conjures only faint images of people who would abandon technology and society to live </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/5007978595566851893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=5007978595566851893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/5007978595566851893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/5007978595566851893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2008/07/eco-technology-eco-friendly-products.html' title='Eco Technology - Eco Friendly Products Using Clean Energy to Power the Green Evolution'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-7838902261261765593</id><published>2007-03-22T02:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:22:09.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dubai Tower to be Solar-Powered</title><summary type='text'>Forget the kilometer-high Burj Dubai under construction in the Persian Gulf's fast-growing city-state. A British consortium is building something even wilder, which surely qualifies as the world's largest bona-fide gadget: The Time Residences tower, a solar powered skyscraper that will use the electricity thus generated to rotate through 360 degrees."We didn't want to build just another building </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/7838902261261765593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=7838902261261765593' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/7838902261261765593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/7838902261261765593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2007/03/dubai-tower-to-be-solar-powered.html' title='Dubai Tower to be Solar-Powered'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__mrzyMJA-UE/RgJLfQVJobI/AAAAAAAAAAM/MN5eWOAwR0E/s72-c/dubai_tower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114539740327851906</id><published>2006-04-18T14:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T00:57:37.153-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Response to American Thinker</title><summary type='text'>       I read an article by American Thinker entitled "Okay, so boycott Israel". Here it is:Hey you, members of the Presbyterian and Episcopalian church denominations boycotting or thinking of boycotting Israel! And you university types. And especially all you anti-Israel lefties. All of you who want to boycott Israel.Well, go ahead and do it. Or try. Of course your standard of living and your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114539740327851906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114539740327851906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2006/04/response-to-american-thinker.html' title='Response to American Thinker'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-2852019462983079220</id><published>2006-04-18T01:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T00:22:10.440-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mp3'/><title type='text'>A Heart-Healthy MP3 Player</title><summary type='text'>It's rare to see anyone at the gym these days without an MP3 player, so it would seem obvious to develop a model with integrated fitness features. Oregon Scientific has done that with the MP121 MP3 player. In addition to its MP3 capability, FM tuner and equalizer, it boasts a pedometer with a stop watch, alarm, pace counter and calculators for distance, calories and BMI. It's also waterproof and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/2852019462983079220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=2852019462983079220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/2852019462983079220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/2852019462983079220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2006/04/heart-healthy-mp3-player.html' title='A Heart-Healthy MP3 Player'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__mrzyMJA-UE/RgJWuwVJocI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Soe07gO8EeE/s72-c/health-mp3-player.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-4107667137596930270</id><published>2006-04-10T03:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T03:43:04.767-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World's Slimmest Flash Drive?</title><summary type='text'>Seems like every week a new flash drive comes out with claims of being the world’s smallest. We’re not sure the PQI U510 captures that title, but at 3 mm thick it may well be the world’s slimmest. But don’t let the credit-card size fool you: the U510 boasts a 16GB capacity. It connects via USB 2.0 with a retractable cord, and it’s available in Iron Gray, Metallic Silver and, for all you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/4107667137596930270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=4107667137596930270' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/4107667137596930270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/4107667137596930270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2006/04/worlds-slimmest-flash-drive.html' title='World&apos;s Slimmest Flash Drive?'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530910545053078</id><published>2004-12-21T23:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:23:10.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mozilla Firefox</title><summary type='text'>I think I'm the last person to download this sweet internet browser. I was reluctant and I finally jumped off the Internet Explorer band wagon. In fact, I think I was the driver of the IE band wagon. No longer.Here's the rub. In Firefox I lost half of my sidebar in my blog. What happened to it? How can I fix it? If anyone has any suggestions please help me out. Otherwise I think I'm just going to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114530910545053078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114530910545053078' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530910545053078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530910545053078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/mozilla-firefox.html' title='Mozilla Firefox'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530906588387078</id><published>2004-12-21T14:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T14:08:08.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Freedom Tower</title><summary type='text'>                                    It seems as if there is a race for the world's tallest building. I heard recently that the company that is designing the Freedom Tower has announced plans for a building in Dubai that is supposed to be the world's tallest building once it is complete. The company was previously touting that the Freedom Tower would be the world's tallest building, but not any </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530906588387078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530906588387078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/freedom-tower.html' title='Freedom Tower'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530901551094428</id><published>2004-12-21T13:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T01:57:50.324-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UAE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dubai'/><title type='text'>The Burj Dubai</title><summary type='text'>Burj Dubai http://www.hello.com/This is a picture of the Burj Dubai. Wow!!It is estimated that it will be 800 meters tall with 160 floors to be finished in November of 2008. It is the center piece of an 8 billion dollar, 500 acre project in the United Arab Emirates.The Taipei 101 is 508 meters tall and the Petronas Towers in Malaysia are 452 meters tall to give you an idea of this building's </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530901551094428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530901551094428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/burj-dubai.html' title='The Burj Dubai'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530915592735759</id><published>2004-12-20T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T03:46:34.951-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Checkout Isle</title><summary type='text'>We all know the routine. We search frantically with our heads turning in all directions and eyes scanning the characters in each line to see how much they have in their carts.We pick an isle and wait patiently trying to suppress the temptation of the candy all around us. We focus on the cashier's hands as they pass each item over the red laser beams as they tally the total and we hope nothing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530915592735759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530915592735759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/checkout-isle.html' title='The Checkout Isle'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530919996546119</id><published>2004-12-20T07:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:02:52.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fantasy Football</title><summary type='text'>I won playoff game #1 by a landslide. Next week is huge. The guy's team is awesome and will be tough to beat. I'll tell you about it next week.Just a quick thought. I was trying to change lanes this morning. I had my blinker on and people kept speeding by me not leaving a gap for me to move over. It's obvious that the person next to you when you put your blinker on is not going to let you, but </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530919996546119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530919996546119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/fantasy-football.html' title='Fantasy Football'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114530926166896958</id><published>2004-12-19T22:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:08:03.666-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Introvert</title><summary type='text'>According to personality tests, people (get this) have distinctly differing personalities.Not only have we learned this startling fact from such tests, but they have enabled us to focus on specific personality types. One distinct difference between people is in the introvert, extrovert characteristic.Extroverts, by nature, have the ability to socially 'click'. They are the definitive members of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530926166896958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114530926166896958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/introvert.html' title='The Introvert'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531266020966961</id><published>2004-12-19T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:02:10.890-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Game'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Football'/><title type='text'>Fantasy Football</title><summary type='text'>Daunte CulpepperToday is the first fantasy football playoff game and I am winning. The other team can still win and it's coming down to the wire. Oh please, oh please, oh please. I don't know what I would do without Daunte Culpepper as a quarterback. Whew!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531266020966961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531266020966961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/fantasy-football_19.html' title='Fantasy Football'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531270138208791</id><published>2004-12-19T09:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:09:56.193-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Downtown Hong Kong</title><summary type='text'>I used to work in one of the smaller buildings in the middle of the picture for an internship one summer. I love Hong Kong. It's one of the best cities in the world. A friend of mine took this picture and sent it to me. He's really good.For some reason people haver reservations about Asia when it comes to travel and seem to always opt for Europe. I think they're really missing out. Asia offers so</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531270138208791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531270138208791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/downtown-hong-kong.html' title='Downtown Hong Kong'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531274663035389</id><published>2004-12-19T09:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:29:07.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool Picture</title><summary type='text'>                                              </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531274663035389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531274663035389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/cool-picture.html' title='Cool Picture'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531279918638176</id><published>2004-12-19T09:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T03:43:28.669-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zero Base Thinking</title><summary type='text'>I was reading Zero Base Thinking (http://michaelgersh.blogspot.com/) today and the writer is an ex-marine. In his latest blog entry he's giving his opinion on Army Spc. Thomas J. Wilson's question to Donald Rumsfeld. The entry is titled: Question Authority.It's a very well written entry and imformative on top of that. Check it out if you have some time.As one of my combat instructors told us: "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114531279918638176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114531279918638176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531279918638176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531279918638176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/zero-base-thinking.html' title='Zero Base Thinking'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531317734884501</id><published>2004-12-18T20:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:21:00.671-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Building'/><title type='text'>Shanghai World Financial Center</title><summary type='text'>I am not sure when this building is supposed to be finished, but it is supposed to be even taller than the Taipei 101, which is currently the tallest building in the world. This is a beautiful building and looks like a big clothes pin. I cannot even imagine something as tall as that. It would be awesome to see in person. They are saying that the building will birth a new era for the Asian economy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531317734884501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531317734884501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/shanghai-world-financial-center.html' title='Shanghai World Financial Center'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531320875425295</id><published>2004-12-18T20:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:00:53.910-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Building'/><title type='text'>World's Tallest Building</title><summary type='text'>I don't know why it didn't get much press, but I think most people don't realize that there is a new "World's Tallest Building". The Taipei 101 holds three of the 4 official World's Tallest Building titles including ground to structural top, ground to roof, and ground to highest occupied floor. The only title not held by the building is ground to pinnacle, which is held by the Sears Tower in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531320875425295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531320875425295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/worlds-tallest-building.html' title='World&apos;s Tallest Building'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531329780171453</id><published>2004-12-18T19:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:03:01.210-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Donald Trump'/><title type='text'>What is Donald Trump Worth?</title><summary type='text'>Donald TrumpIf you have ever wondered what Donald Trump is worth and what he owns well here it is. I think you will be quite humbled. Click on the link to go to his website and find out more about the man and his business.610 Park Avenue (New York City)Trump International Hotel &amp; Tower (New York City)Trump Palace (New York City)Trump Parc (New York City)Trump Parc East (New York City)Trump Park </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531329780171453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531329780171453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/what-is-donald-trump-worth.html' title='What is Donald Trump Worth?'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531344594294278</id><published>2004-12-18T10:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:19:25.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><title type='text'>The Lap Pillow</title><summary type='text'>Japanese PillowAre the Japanese finally running out of good ideas? This could be the beginning of their fall from manufacturing dominance. :)TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Single or lonely Japanese men may get lucky this Christmas. One popular item for holiday shoppers is the "lap pillow", with skin-colored polyurethane calves folded under soft thighs -- a comfy cushion for napping, reading or </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531344594294278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531344594294278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/lap-pillow.html' title='The Lap Pillow'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531356545344961</id><published>2004-12-17T02:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:11:01.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Apprentice</title><summary type='text'>This is the greatest show on Earth!! I watched every episode of both seasons and will continue to do so in future years to come.The reason why I love the show is because I love business and I love being an entrepreneur. The Apprentice is a testament to this kind of spirit and it feeds the entrepreneur within me. I honestly believe that being in business for yourself is one of the toughest things </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531356545344961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531356545344961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/apprentice.html' title='The Apprentice'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531360433743022</id><published>2004-12-16T01:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:12:06.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Underground Church</title><summary type='text'>            I found this blog entry at "From the Desk of Jeff King" and it's about the status of Christianity in England and how it's being reduced to an insignificant movement. I think this is where Christianity is heading in America. Take a look see if you have time.The Times of London reports that Christianity is crumbling in Great Britain and soon will be driven underground. Jayne Ozanne, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114531360433743022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114531360433743022' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531360433743022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531360433743022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/underground-church.html' title='Underground Church'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531369533684618</id><published>2004-12-16T01:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:13:13.221-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fun'/><title type='text'>This is Funny</title><summary type='text'>Found on "The Underscore" titled A Reply From the White House:A person wrote a letter to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive taken during the Afghanistan war. Attached is a copy of a letter they received back:The White House1600 Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, D.C., 20016Dear Concerned Citizen:Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531369533684618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531369533684618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/this-is-funny.html' title='This is Funny'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114539596839971215</id><published>2004-12-14T20:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T13:10:28.403-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott Peterson Sentencing</title><summary type='text'>This is my take on the death sentence of Scott Peterson. There are times in our lives when it is necessary to cry and beg for our lives. A real good time is when a handful of people that couldn't get out of jury duty are about to get together and talk about having you killed. Either the guy is heartless, stupid, or just really smart and knows that the last person killed by California was in 1992 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114539596839971215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114539596839971215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/scott-peterson-sentencing.html' title='Scott Peterson Sentencing'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114553927938760384</id><published>2004-12-10T15:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T06:21:19.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Friend from Brazil</title><summary type='text'>When I was going to college at Hardin-Simmons University, I met a guy from Brazil. He had come to America as an exchange student in high school and had decided to stay and go to college here. His parents apparently wanted him to stay so that he could make a better life for himself. My friend's name is Thiago Carvalho.Tye and I went to the business school together. He excelled academically by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114553927938760384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114553927938760384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114553927938760384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114553927938760384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/my-friend-from-brazil.html' title='My Friend from Brazil'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114553867415229945</id><published>2004-12-07T23:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T06:16:50.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lobsters!!!</title><summary type='text'>I am just a little frustrated right now. If you talk to anyone that knows me they will tell you that I'm an entrepreneur through and through. My mind is constantly racing with ideas and aspirations. I love being self-employed. However, it doesn't matter what I do, I seem to always have people around me that negate my ideas or tell me why they won't work. Constant negativity."LOBSTERS!!!"That's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114553867415229945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114553867415229945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114553867415229945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114553867415229945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/lobsters.html' title='Lobsters!!!'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531395332263708</id><published>2004-12-04T23:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:02:21.473-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The U.S. Drug War</title><summary type='text'> I have not kept up with the drug war in America since those Nancy Reagan commercials in the 80's, but I found a really nice article by Michael Gersh's Zero Base Thinking about the failure of the current U.S. drug policy. Here is part of that article:Another study has been released that shows that our benighted policy on drug consumption has failed, according to the Washington Times. While this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531395332263708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531395332263708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/us-drug-war.html' title='The U.S. Drug War'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531410616671802</id><published>2004-12-04T13:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T14:06:29.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday, May 18 2001</title><summary type='text'>American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Journal EntryToday went a lot smoother. I had more to do so time flew by. I started to notice today the different personalities in the office. Frank Martin being the basic pessimistic banker in my view. Ioanna Martin the mother-like Canadian. The very friendly New Zealander with a cool accent. The always on the edge Irish woman Rosheen. Then there is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531410616671802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531410616671802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/friday-may-18-2001.html' title='Friday, May 18 2001'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531417044562384</id><published>2004-12-04T01:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:05:10.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Microsoft!!</title><summary type='text'>http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041203-103854-2513r.htmSeattle, WA, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. has filed class actionlawsuits against vendors of sexually explicit commercial e-mail, the Seattle Post-Intelligence said Friday.In seven suits filed Thursday in Washington state, the software company alleged the purveyors violated federal restrictions on pornographic spam, or unsolicited</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531417044562384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531417044562384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/go-microsoft.html' title='Go Microsoft!!'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531421053391227</id><published>2004-12-04T01:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:08:10.142-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom'/><title type='text'>Losing Our Freedom</title><summary type='text'>In their never ending campaign to make the constitution irrelevant, our government is putting yet another nail in the coffin of our freedom, with almost no mention in the press. Using the dubious procedure of a voice vote in a lame duck session - which gives every single legislator the ability to deny his vote,if and when the voters turn against this benighted law - the House has already passed, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531421053391227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531421053391227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/losing-our-freedom.html' title='Losing Our Freedom'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531446198580067</id><published>2004-12-03T23:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:09:59.129-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Johnny 5 Goes to War</title><summary type='text'>ORLANDO, Florida -- Hunting for guerillas, handling roadside bombs, crawling across the caves and crumbling towns of Afghanistan and Iraq -- all of that was just a start. Now, the Army is prepping its squad of robotic vehicles for a new set of assignments. And this time, they'll be carrying guns.As early as March or April, 18 units of the Talon -- a model armed with automatic weapons -- are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531446198580067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531446198580067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/johnny-5-goes-to-war.html' title='Johnny 5 Goes to War'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531452280967059</id><published>2004-12-03T16:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T14:05:19.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday, May 17, 2001</title><summary type='text'>American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Internship Journal EntryToday started off kind of slow. I did not have very much to do so I really just worked on my paper about how Hong Kong has changed since they were handed over to the PRC. I got quite a bit done on that. Mr. Martin seemed very busy working on some stuff and apparently the team that the c/c sent to Washington D.C. is back in town. It</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531452280967059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531452280967059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/thursday-may-17-2001.html' title='Thursday, May 17, 2001'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531455547757404</id><published>2004-12-03T16:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T05:42:03.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday, May 16, 2001</title><summary type='text'>American Chamber of Commerce Internship Journal EntryWhat I did not tell you yesterday was that I have my own line and extension in the office. Is that not cool. Today went smoother mainly because they gave me more to do and it kept me busy until 5:30 PM.I went to work and Ioanna Martin (Director of Membership) game me a whole pile of business cards. The story is that there is this guy who is a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531455547757404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531455547757404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/wednesday-may-16-2001.html' title='Wednesday, May 16, 2001'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531461203505102</id><published>2004-12-02T20:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T01:10:34.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Opening The Door</title><summary type='text'>Social awkwardness creeps into our lives in a variety of ways. It doesn't necessarily have to be profound in order to produce a sense of 'I wish there was a better way we could do this'. One subtle way that this is seen is in the cordial opening of doors for others.A door is a simple thing. Not much too 'em. They have knobs or handles. They swing in and out, relative to where you stand. But </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531461203505102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531461203505102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/12/opening-door.html' title='Opening The Door'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531468857651918</id><published>2004-11-27T16:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T08:36:59.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Have the Terrorists Won?</title><summary type='text'>Nope. The Statue of Liberty re-opened on August 3rd and is welcoming tourists and those seeking the American dream alike.But not without a little groping, a little scanning, and possibly a little rectal examination if thought necessary. Hey, this is America, not paradise! What were you thinking?That's right, Grandpa's knife that he carried in World War I is staying at the Miami International </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531468857651918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531468857651918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/have-terrorists-won.html' title='Have the Terrorists Won?'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531476375051531</id><published>2004-11-27T16:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T14:04:39.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1st Class Terminal</title><summary type='text'>Lufthansa First Class Terminal Opens up New Dimension : Exclusive Services and Individual Assistance in Frankfurt as of the 1st of December17.11.04 Lufthansa will offer its First Class passengers a new dimension in travel as of 1st December. The exclusive service starts on the ground in Frankfurt, in the newly-built First Class terminal or in the new First Class lounges. In the premium travel </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531476375051531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531476375051531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/1st-class-terminal.html' title='1st Class Terminal'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531486156735462</id><published>2004-11-27T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T06:24:56.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'>U.S. Prisons</title><summary type='text'>You would think that the U.S. would have more prisoners per capita than the rest of the countries in the world. Not true. Russia has more. I wonder why that is. Click on the title to check out a chart. Belarus is in third place.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531486156735462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531486156735462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/us-prisons.html' title='U.S. Prisons'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531502876888263</id><published>2004-11-26T20:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:17:24.768-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zip code'/><title type='text'>Cool Tool</title><summary type='text'>Check this out. It is a map of the USA at night and you type your zip code in and with every digit it highlights that part of America. Hard to explain, but trust me and go to http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/zipdecode/.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531502876888263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531502876888263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/cool-tool.html' title='Cool Tool'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531531281587874</id><published>2004-11-25T14:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:30:12.920-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Origins of Thanksgiving</title><summary type='text'>Many Americans erroneously assume that our nation has been celebrating Thanksgiving since the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Nothing could be further from the truth.To begin with, this was not even the first Thanksgiving celebrated in this country. An earlier thanksgiving was offered in prayer alone by members of the Berkeley plantation, an extension of the original Jamestown</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531531281587874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531531281587874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/origins-of-thanksgiving.html' title='Origins of Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531543649374073</id><published>2004-11-23T23:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:17:04.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M. C. Escher</title><summary type='text'>                                    Double Planetoid 1949 Wood Engraving in Green, Dark Blue Black and White, Printed from 4 Blocks, Second State</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531543649374073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531543649374073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/m-c-escher.html' title='M. C. Escher'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531555760039473</id><published>2004-11-23T23:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:30:07.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M. C. Escher</title><summary type='text'>                                    Curl-Up 1951 Lithograph</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531555760039473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531555760039473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/m-c-escher_114531555760039473.html' title='M. C. Escher'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531558536058796</id><published>2004-11-23T23:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:29:46.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M. C. Escher</title><summary type='text'>                                    Tetrahedral Planetoide 1954 Woodcut in Green and Black, Printed from 2 Blocks</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531558536058796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531558536058796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/m-c-escher_114531558536058796.html' title='M. C. Escher'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531561565299994</id><published>2004-11-23T23:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T06:30:14.266-07:00</updated><title type='text'>M. C. Escher</title><summary type='text'>                                    Relativity 1953 Lithograph</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531561565299994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531561565299994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/m-c-escher_114531561565299994.html' title='M. C. Escher'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531565522004235</id><published>2004-11-23T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:29:27.586-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Locking Gazes</title><summary type='text'>At times, for no reason in particular, the gazes of two people will meet, perhaps repetitively, and one wants to make excuses, but there are simply none.A classic example for a socially awkward situation, the locking of eyes seems to leave both people at an impass."He's going to think i'm staring at him.'' "She thinks there's something wrong with me." "I didn't even realize i was looking at them.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531565522004235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531565522004235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/locking-gazes.html' title='Locking Gazes'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531569250414689</id><published>2004-11-23T13:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T13:29:35.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thoughts</title><summary type='text'>Think about them one at a time BEFORE going on to the next one...1. Falling in love.2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.3. A hot shower.4. No lines at the supermarket5. A special glance.6 Getting mail7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.11. Chocolate milkshake. (or vanilla </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531569250414689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531569250414689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/happy-thoughts.html' title='Happy Thoughts'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531572375874203</id><published>2004-11-23T09:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T02:15:08.251-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tuesday, May 15, 2001</title><summary type='text'>INTERNSHIP: AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG, CHINAJOURNALToday was my first day at the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. I had quite an experience.First of all, I must note the weather. I knew that it was going to be humid, but I had no idea that it would be this humid. I don't know what to do with myself because I can't continue to wear a coat everyday or I'll lose 50 pounds </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531572375874203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531572375874203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/tuesday-may-15-2001.html' title='Tuesday, May 15, 2001'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531580626442336</id><published>2004-11-22T09:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T13:08:38.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Smoke in your Clothes</title><summary type='text'>I started a new poker league yesterday. The former league just never seemed to get their act together as far as organization goes. So I switched over to the Amateur Poker League, which is far more up to speed. I lost horribly in the first tournament that I played in, but I got 5th in the second one out of something like 70 players. Yippee!The only downside to playing poker at these places is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531580626442336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531580626442336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/smoke-in-your-clothes.html' title='Smoke in your Clothes'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531584995039381</id><published>2004-11-21T09:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:16:46.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Family Farm ...</title><summary type='text'>                                    Wheat ...This picture was taken right before harvest on the family farm that was acquired in the Oklahoma land rush. Still farming wheat after all of these years up by Ponca City, OK.The wheat is so beautiful right before harvest. It is literally an ocean of gold with the wind making waves through the wheat. I like walking through the wheat feeling the wheat </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/feeds/114531584995039381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26323990&amp;postID=114531584995039381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531584995039381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531584995039381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/family-farm.html' title='The Family Farm ...'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531596445515562</id><published>2004-11-21T09:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T13:08:34.583-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fantasy Basketball</title><summary type='text'>                                    Austin Croshere I got lucky the other night when three of the starting Indiana Pacers attacked fans in Detroit and are now facing 20 game suspensions and in the case of Ron Artest, the rest of the season. NOT AUSTIN CROSHERE!!! Now my second stringer is a professional basketball stud with the Pacers. Yeeha!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531596445515562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531596445515562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/fantasy-basketball.html' title='Fantasy Basketball'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531609597182765</id><published>2004-11-21T08:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:15:19.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>           Funny Picture http://www.hello.com/          </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531609597182765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531609597182765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/funny-picture-httpwww.html' title=''/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531613817309998</id><published>2004-11-20T01:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:15:08.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fighting in Sports ...</title><summary type='text'>                                    Fighting in Sports TodayCan you believe this? I have watched the highlight a few times already and I'm appalled at the behavior of this superstar athlete. However, I am even more dumbfounded at the behavior of the fans that did their best to make him even angrier. It just shows that humans really are animals in their purest form.The people seated around that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531613817309998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531613817309998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/fighting-in-sports.html' title='Fighting in Sports ...'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531624548526276</id><published>2004-11-18T23:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:11:50.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Great Great Grandfather</title><summary type='text'>My Great Great GrandfatherMy name is Hansel and many people wonder how in the world did a guy from Dallas, Texas get a name like that. Nowadays I go by Hans, which was the result of the relentless teasing that I received in elementary school. You know ... the whole Hansel and Gretel thing. Of coarse, by the time middle school rolled around, the Hans and Franz skit on Saturday Night Live came out </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531624548526276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531624548526276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/my-great-great-grandfather.html' title='My Great Great Grandfather'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531630880615940</id><published>2004-11-18T23:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:09:15.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Clinton Library Dedication</title><summary type='text'>                                    Clinton Presidential LibraryLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (CNN) -- President Bush joined Bill Clinton and two other former U.S. presidents Thursday to dedicate Clinton's presidential library, a ceremony that also brought together celebrities from both Washington and Hollywood.The library and presidential center has offered Clinton an opportunity to further define his </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531630880615940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531630880615940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/clinton-library-dedication.html' title='Clinton Library Dedication'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531642447392241</id><published>2004-11-18T13:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-22T08:26:42.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hong Kong Convention Center</title><summary type='text'>Hong Kong Convention Center</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531642447392241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531642447392241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/hong-kong-convention-center.html' title='Hong Kong Convention Center'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26323990.post-114531639290801574</id><published>2004-11-18T06:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T06:27:44.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Hostel in New York City</title><summary type='text'>International Youth CenterI chose the International Student Center after spending a few hours researching hostels on hostels.com. I chose the Center largely because of the location, not knowing what the areas were like around the other establishments. I knew anything around Central Park couldn't be bad.I went to New York City to see the Yankees home opener, but more than that, I went up there to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531639290801574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26323990/posts/default/114531639290801574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hanseldobbs.blogspot.com/2004/11/best-hostel-in-new-york-city.html' title='Best Hostel in New York City'/><author><name>Hansel</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/184/2388/320/Me3.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
